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"bigears":1s35z1t9 wrote: for example Deuchars (3.8% IPA? Come on..) and Greene King.[/quote:1s35z1t9]Yeah, OK: cases where the needs of the market have overtaken what the style is supposed to be like. Gotta say I didn't notice it so much with the GK, however. If I didn't know the ABV I'd pass it as an IPA, if not a very good one. St Peter's is 4.9%, which is a bit more like it.

No idea how long St Peters [b:2cqpitw6]India [/b:2cqpitw6]PA has been out but I think it is new? By calling it India pale ale I assume that they are selling it as an English style IPA (their market being mostly English I assume)

However in my humble opinion it is very very much like Sierra Nevada and is 5.5% ABV making it APA? (shhhh don’t tell the English)

yea, there really is no IPA's produce in england or even whats was termed an "English IPA". A very good example is Mean time IPA.

i don't think it was a fair comparison as the pale ale is not sinial to the IPA, much different hops and addition rate

if you can get you hands on Sierra Nevada IPA, its probably one if not the best example of what an english IPA was.

ill agree, comparing a pale ale to an IPA is comparing apples and oranges....well, maybe red apples and green apples...i think most would be able to taste the two blind and tell them apart.

i am not sure if you can get it on this side of the pond, but the Bridgeport IPA (brewed in oregon US) is the best that i have had the opportunity to consume...and consume i did <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

gotta give it to Sierra though for their pale ale - it is a classic